Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 17, 2012. Discovery, the longest-serving orbiter in the space shuttle fleet, departed Kennedy Space Center in Florida around dawn today, and is expected to arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport about 11 a.m. EDT. After a two-day layover at the airport, where it will be de-mated from the 747 carrier aircraft it was transported on, the historic spacecraft will be towed to its nearby new home, the museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in…
